FTA: She then observed a late 1990's model green Toyota Camry speed past her in the right lane. The vehicle then pulled in front of her. She then observed a gold Jaguar behind her in the right lane. She observed several muzzle flashes coming from the Jaguar, said Babb.

The right lane is the best place to be at 3 in the morning when the drunks are using the exit ramps as entrance ramps. Because they know they've been drinking they're always good about staying to the right and they rarely need to pass someone when driving the wrong farking way.

Mr. Eugenides:The right lane is the best place to be at 3 in the morning when the drunks are using the exit ramps as entrance ramps. Because they know they've been drinking they're always good about staying to the right and they rarely need to pass someone when driving the wrong farking way.

is it just me, or is a gold jaguar in fayette county georgia going to be a fairly easy thing for the cops to track down?the camry i get as pretty common, but how many british luxury cars are really tooling around that particular part of redneckia?

Mr. Eugenides:The right lane is the best place to be at 3 in the morning when the drunks are using the exit ramps as entrance ramps. Because they know they've been drinking they're always good about staying to the right and they rarely need to pass someone when driving the wrong farking way.

One of the roads on my morning commute goes from bi-directional to one way as it gets towards downtown. There's a neighborhood that exits into it shortly after it turns one way, and on average every couple weeks there's somebody who turns the wrong way onto it and starts driving against traffic.

It gave me a fair share of 'holy shiat' moments at first, but now that I know to anticipate it it's amusing to watch how the drivers who suddenly see themselves driving towards oncoming traffic react.

JosephFinn:Oh god, here come the people claiming being in the left lane gives them carte blanche to speed.

and other people speeding doesn't give you the right to kill people by riding in the left lane blocking them.in many states (the sane one anyway), its actually the law; regardless of speed limits, slower traffic moves right. it saves lives, and riding the left lane here blocking speeders will get you pulled over much faster, and get a much larger fine, than speeding./as it should, as its much more dangerous

I didn't see it in the article, but I hope the cops wrote her up a ticket. Not only was she breaking the law by driving in the left lane, but it creates a very dangerous situation for people driving there correctly by executing an attempt to pass.

Ivan the Tolerable:is it just me, or is a gold jaguar in fayette county georgia going to be a fairly easy thing for the cops to track down?the camry i get as pretty common, but how many british luxury cars are really tooling around that particular part of redneckia?

Up here (Alberta) it's legal to pass on the right - the only requirement is that you're using a real lane and not the shoulder. It's goddamn hilarious how many people think it's illegal and start to road rage at you while they're doing 5k over the posted limit in the left lane of a major highway.

chitownmike:Oh, FFS, another thread where people assume every state has the same traffic laws. fark you guys!

georgia does. so so all sane states. only five states remain that -don't- have laws making it illegal to ride the left lane.in fact, georgia has one of the harshest laws; NOT moving over for faster traffic is a not merely a simple moving violation, its a full-blown misdemeanor with up to one year in jail.

/ever since studies have shown traffic deaths linked more to left-lane bandits than to maximum speed, states have gotten on the ball to stop this idiotic behavior.

We're all moved in now. We have electricity and plumbing and individually wrapped cheese.

We don't need any dope kingpins, dime store gangstahs, redneck buffoons, sh*tbag thugs or other ne'er do wells playing GTA on the highways. They are full of people with jobs, lives, things to do and families and people who would miss them and as such, shouldn't have to put up with your wannabe cowboy shenanigans. You have most of the world's accumulated knowledge at your fingertips, TeeVee shows, radio, several hobbies, food is laying around practically free and if you take your head out of your ass, maybe you'll meet a nice gal to hang out with before you accidentally install a zipper in her chest with your badass semi-automatic dick extension.

JosephFinn:Oh god, here come the people claiming being in the left lane gives them carte blanche to speed.

I give you 7/10.You'll catch a few because you chose such a topic many are passionate about.

-----What drives ME nuts is if you're ever on six-lane highways (3-3) and driving just under speed trap speed, and a slow car in the middle lane jumps in front of you to pass an even slower car....when the right lane is free.

JosephFinn:Oh god, here come the people claiming being in the left lane gives them carte blanche to speed.

Here in Utah it does...

Kinda. Around here, if you are in the left lane and someone comes up behind you, you have to get over ASAP, regardless of how fast you're going. Doing 85 in a 65 and a car comes up behind you doing at least 100? You can get a ticket if you don't move. And it's up to the cop who he wants to pull over. He could let the other person skate with reckless driving if he decided to bag you instead...

Crazy...

I think the lady's story is bullshiat though, she embellished one detail a little too well... I don't think a Toyota Camry has sped past ANYTHING, let alone another car.

Ivan the Tolerable:chitownmike: Oh, FFS, another thread where people assume every state has the same traffic laws. fark you guys!

georgia does. so so all sane states. only five states remain that -don't- have laws making it illegal to ride the left lane.in fact, georgia has one of the harshest laws; NOT moving over for faster traffic is a not merely a simple moving violation, its a full-blown misdemeanor with up to one year in jail.

/ever since studies have shown traffic deaths linked more to left-lane bandits than to maximum speed, states have gotten on the ball to stop this idiotic behavior.

Citations, please.

My non-cited assertion is highway deaths are caused by by asshats exceeding the speed limit, driving faster than traffic, distracted by whatever, or just assholes with a lead foot death wish. Not the car doing the posted limit in the left lane.

doofusgumby:Ivan the Tolerable: chitownmike: Oh, FFS, another thread where people assume every state has the same traffic laws. fark you guys!

georgia does. so so all sane states. only five states remain that -don't- have laws making it illegal to ride the left lane.in fact, georgia has one of the harshest laws; NOT moving over for faster traffic is a not merely a simple moving violation, its a full-blown misdemeanor with up to one year in jail.

/ever since studies have shown traffic deaths linked more to left-lane bandits than to maximum speed, states have gotten on the ball to stop this idiotic behavior.

Citations, please.

My non-cited assertion is highway deaths are caused by by asshats exceeding the speed limit, driving faster than traffic, distracted by whatever, or just assholes with a lead foot death wish. Not the car doing the posted limit in the left lane.

...except where it's posted that the left lane is for passing only. But the last time I read about one of those areas it was in the context of probable cause for civil forfeiture in Buttf*ck Texas.

cryinoutloud:JosephFinn: Oh god, here come the people claiming being in the left lane gives them carte blanche to speed.

Look, if you're in the left lane and not going at least 40 miles an hour over the speed limit, it's your own fault if you get run over.

What if the person doing 40 miles per hour over the speed limit is being herded by someone going 40 miles faster than them? And that person is being approached by someone going 40 miles faster than them? So, at which point is anyone actually required to follow the damn speed limit? Or should we always keep the left lane clear just in case someone wants to take the Enterprise for a quick trip down the 405 at warp 9? Otherwise, why post the damn signs in the first place? Who do they apply to?

/assuming the 405 was ever clear...//stays the hell out of the left lane.

ThatBillmanGuy:cryinoutloud: JosephFinn: Oh god, here come the people claiming being in the left lane gives them carte blanche to speed.

Look, if you're in the left lane and not going at least 40 miles an hour over the speed limit, it's your own fault if you get run over.

What if the person doing 40 miles per hour over the speed limit is being herded by someone going 40 miles faster than them? And that person is being approached by someone going 40 miles faster than them? So, at which point is anyone actually required to follow the damn speed limit? Or should we always keep the left lane clear just in case someone wants to take the Enterprise for a quick trip down the 405 at warp 9? Otherwise, why post the damn signs in the first place? Who do they apply to?

/assuming the 405 was ever clear...//stays the hell out of the left lane.

The first two cars are required to pull over.

If you're not a cop in a marked cruiser looking for speeders mind your own business.

JosephFinn:Ivan the Tolerable: in many states (the sane one anyway), its actually the law; regardless of speed limits, slower traffic moves right.

Name one state where that is regardless of speed limits. Seriously. Name one state where, in the actual statute, it says that you have to be right of speeders.

well, since the article is from georgia, i'll start with georgia. where it just got elevated from a moving violation to a full-blown misdemeanor for -not- moving over.if you want to complete that list, there are at least 44-45 more states with similar laws; you move over. REGARDLESS of speed limit./in fact, i would challenge you to find one state with a law specifically mentioning the speed limit being a requirement for the left lane. because there isn't one. at all. its always relative speed.//sorry, but you are just fundamentally, profoundly wrong on this one. i love to debate different perspectives, but here there really isn't any basis for challenging that. its pretty basic. learn and move on.

Ivan the Tolerable:JosephFinn: Ivan the Tolerable: in many states (the sane one anyway), its actually the law; regardless of speed limits, slower traffic moves right.

Name one state where that is regardless of speed limits. Seriously. Name one state where, in the actual statute, it says that you have to be right of speeders.

well, since the article is from georgia, i'll start with georgia. where it just got elevated from a moving violation to a full-blown misdemeanor for -not- moving over.if you want to complete that list, there are at least 44-45 more states with similar laws; you move over. REGARDLESS of speed limit./in fact, i would challenge you to find one state with a law specifically mentioning the speed limit being a requirement for the left lane. because there isn't one. at all. its always relative speed.//sorry, but you are just fundamentally, profoundly wrong on this one. i love to debate different perspectives, but here there really isn't any basis for challenging that. its pretty basic. learn and move on.

maximum speed limit applies to all lanes, why is that hard to understand

doofusgumby:Ivan the Tolerable: chitownmike: Oh, FFS, another thread where people assume every state has the same traffic laws. fark you guys!

georgia does. so so all sane states. only five states remain that -don't- have laws making it illegal to ride the left lane.in fact, georgia has one of the harshest laws; NOT moving over for faster traffic is a not merely a simple moving violation, its a full-blown misdemeanor with up to one year in jail.

/ever since studies have shown traffic deaths linked more to left-lane bandits than to maximum speed, states have gotten on the ball to stop this idiotic behavior.

Citations, please.

My non-cited assertion is highway deaths are caused by by asshats exceeding the speed limit, driving faster than traffic, distracted by whatever, or just assholes with a lead foot death wish. Not the car doing the posted limit in the left lane.

The reason so many states started changing laws dealing with left lane passing does have directly to do with traffic fatalities. Absolute traffic speed was far less of a factor than the overall delta of speed when looking into traffic accidents and deaths. in other words, a highway with traffic doing random speeds of anywhere between 50 and 75 had far more deaths than one where everyone was driving, say 85 mph.Differing speeds and passing in all lanes kills. Overall high average speeds don't, if traffic flow (and as a second order effect following distance), is maintained./in other words, you want to hang in the left lane 'enforcing' some speed limit, you are more dangerous than any speeder. you aren't 'helping' the cops, and around here they will arrest you if you do it.

chitownmike:Ivan the Tolerable: JosephFinn: Ivan the Tolerable: in many states (the sane one anyway), its actually the law; regardless of speed limits, slower traffic moves right.

Name one state where that is regardless of speed limits. Seriously. Name one state where, in the actual statute, it says that you have to be right of speeders.

well, since the article is from georgia, i'll start with georgia. where it just got elevated from a moving violation to a full-blown misdemeanor for -not- moving over.if you want to complete that list, there are at least 44-45 more states with similar laws; you move over. REGARDLESS of speed limit./in fact, i would challenge you to find one state with a law specifically mentioning the speed limit being a requirement for the left lane. because there isn't one. at all. its always relative speed.//sorry, but you are just fundamentally, profoundly wrong on this one. i love to debate different perspectives, but here there really isn't any basis for challenging that. its pretty basic. learn and move on.

maximum speed limit applies to all lanes, why is that hard to understand

speeding is illegal. not moving over for faster traffic is illegal as well (often equally if not more so). why is that hard to understand?/other people breaking the law is not an excuse for you to do so.

Ivan the Tolerable:chitownmike: Ivan the Tolerable: JosephFinn: Ivan the Tolerable: in many states (the sane one anyway), its actually the law; regardless of speed limits, slower traffic moves right.

Name one state where that is regardless of speed limits. Seriously. Name one state where, in the actual statute, it says that you have to be right of speeders.

well, since the article is from georgia, i'll start with georgia. where it just got elevated from a moving violation to a full-blown misdemeanor for -not- moving over.if you want to complete that list, there are at least 44-45 more states with similar laws; you move over. REGARDLESS of speed limit./in fact, i would challenge you to find one state with a law specifically mentioning the speed limit being a requirement for the left lane. because there isn't one. at all. its always relative speed.//sorry, but you are just fundamentally, profoundly wrong on this one. i love to debate different perspectives, but here there really isn't any basis for challenging that. its pretty basic. learn and move on.

maximum speed limit applies to all lanes, why is that hard to understand

speeding is illegal. not moving over for faster traffic is illegal as well (often equally if not more so). why is that hard to understand?/other people breaking the law is not an excuse for you to do so.

So then you agree that"/in fact, i would challenge you to find one state with a law specifically mentioning the speed limit being a requirement for the left lane. because there isn't one. at all. its always relative speed."Is a bullshiat statement?